yesn't

English

Etymology

From yes +‎ -n't. The term went viral in May 2018 when a Change.org petition was created to "Change the word 'No' in the English language to 'Yesn't'".

Pronunciation

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Interjection

yesn't

1. (Internet slang, humorous) Yes, but actually no; yes and no.
   • 2020 September 24, u/notinsanescientist, “Vaccines in Europe”, in Reddit‎^[1], r/europe, archived from the original on 11 December 2023:

     Indeed. Vaccines aren't 100% safe, but 99.99999%. Are they safe? No. Are they safe enough to give to the masses? Yes. Do I strongly agree? Yesn't.

   • 2020 winter, Tito S., Vicente M., “Horoscopes”, in The Good Times, volume XI, number III, Los Angeles, Calif.: 826LA, Journalism Workshop:

     You will get a reverse card in UNO (YESN’T) and then you will eat chicken legs.

   • 2022 February 25, u/biggocl123, “OOF, that one was creative”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/rareinsults, archived from the original on 11 December 2023:

     Scientist 1: so, is this "virus" alive? ¶ Scientist 2: yesn't

   • 2022 June 15, Cédric, “When You Combine AI with IoT… You Get AIoT!”, in Uzinakod‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-09-15:

     And where does Uzinakod come in? Do we do all this? The answer is “yesn’t.” No, that’s not a typo. We don’t have all these required experts on our own team—but our projects nevertheless cover all these dimensions of AIoT! How? By maintaining strong partnerships with key companies.

   • 2022 October 24, u/alexbond45, “saw a group of people complaining because there is no capitalist ai like vic2. this is top post of week in vic2 and pics like these shared like millions of time.”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/victoria3, archived from the original on 11 December 2023:

     It's a yesn't kind of thing. The capitalist AI is really annoying when trying to do really specific things, but market forces can force a thriving economy to eventually build what works. This is why Laissez Faire is a viable eco policy.

   • 2023 November 28, u/Milk__Chan, “Raphael is the worst bastard imaginable”, in Reddit‎^[5], r/BaldursGate3, archived from the original on 11 December 2023:

     Yesn't, at the larger scheme of things he is just a Cambion, he is doomed to fail anyway because he is too proud to admit the crown of Karsus will be his undoing, Mephisto is spying on him through Haarlep and is aware that the crown will not bring him victory (If Mephistopheles had a chance to one up Asmodeus he would especially with the crown) Raphael will not bring "Decorum and Order" like he wishes to do, Asmodeus and Zariel are clapping him the moment they stop feeling amused by him.

   • 2023 December 10, u/Karpsten, “Now, kiss the king's feet.”, in Reddit‎^[6], r/HistoryMemes, archived from the original on 11 December 2023:

     Well, yesn't.

   • 2024 May 4, Rich Edmonds, “Can you passively cool a 300W Intel Core i9-14900KS CPU? Yesn't”, in XDA‎^[7], archived from the original on 2024-05-04

Further reading

• “yesn't”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• tynes, styen, seynt, nesty